San Jac College offers tuition assistance

Published 6:30 am, Friday, January 19, 2007

San Jacinto College provides an installment payment option which allows enrolling students to spread out the cost of tuition and fees over three payments.

The option can benefit students on a tight budget because it allows students to pay half of their tuition and fees up front and allows an additional 86 days for students to make full payment of the remaining 50 percent. This also allows students that have not completed their financial aid packaging prior to the start of classes time to have their financial aid completed prior to the second or third payment dates.

A one-time processing fee of $25 is included in the installment plan, but there are no interest charges. The first installment, which is payable at the time of registration, includes 50 percent of a student's total tuition and fees, plus the $25 fee. The second installment, due on Feb. 16, includes 25 percent of the tuition and fees. The third installment, due on March 30, includes the final 25 percent of the tuition and fees. A $25 fee will be assessed for each late installment payment.

There are no minimum course load requirements to qualify for the three-payment installment option, so part-time or full-time students may take advantage of this option.

Enrolling students can apply for the tuition installment option at the business office at each San Jac campus or via the San Jac web site. Details about the plan are also available by calling the San Jac Call Center at 281-998-6150. To view San Jac's spring, 2007 class schedule, visit www.sanjac.edu on the Internet and click on the Course Catalog link.